Thomas Aquinas College's Paul O'Reilly

Paul O'Reilly, vice president for development at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, listens at a weekly meeting. He grew up Catholic in a Protestant neighborhood in Belfast during the Troubles. When he was 16, his mother moved him and his seven brothers and sisters to Canada after two of his uncles were killed and his sister was attacked.

Ventura County Star

Paul O'Reilly, vice president for development at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, grew up Catholic in a Protestant neighborhood in Belfast during the Troubles. When he was 16, his mother moved him and his seven brothers and sisters to Canada after two of his uncles were killed and his sister was attacked.

Ventura County Star

Paul O'Reilly, vice president for development at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, sits on one of the benches overlooking the chapel. He grew up Catholic in a Protestant neighborhood in Belfast during the Troubles. When he was 16, his mother moved him and his seven brothers and sisters to Canada after two of his uncles were killed and his sister was attacked.

Ventura County Star

Paul O'Reilly, vice president for development at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, listens at a weekly meeting. He grew up Catholic in a Protestant neighborhood in Belfast during the Troubles. When he was 16, his mother moved him and his seven brothers and sisters to Canada after two of his uncles were killed and his sister was attacked.